Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Specifically, a tree of the genus Cedrus; also (with or without a qualifying term), a tree of any of the genera known as cedars. See
cedar .
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Examples
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That was the biggest rally yet of anti-Syrian furor, as demonstrators waved Lebanon's cedar-tree flag and thundered, "Syria out!"
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The three cows, standing with drooping heads, cropped the grass with avidity, and four peacocks, with a loud rustling of wings, flew up into their accustomed perch in a cedar-tree under the windows of the castle.
Strong as Death 2003
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The branch of a cedar-tree came dallying by with that, brought down from above the falls; she half rose, and caught at it, and fell back, but she kept hold of it by just a twig, and, fatigued with the exertion, drowsed away awhile.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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-- But I must not display all my wisdom to you at once -- how, like Solomon of old, I can speak of trees, from 'the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall.'
Rich Enough a tale of the times Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee
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Gluskap, the culture-hero of the Micmacs, once changed "a mighty man" into the cedar-tree.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Upon climbing a tree to discover whereabouts we were, I saw, a little below us, a scraggly, one-sided cedar-tree, which I knew to be a long way from home.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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He did not, however, revenge himself on his victor, but on his way homeward, meeting a boy who did not treat him with proper respect, he transformed him into a cedar-tree.
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Tea had been carried out as usual to the seats under the cedar-tree on the lawn, and Mr. Adair's two sisters were being waited on by Margaret, fair and innocent-looking as usual, in her pretty summer gown.
A True Friend A Novel Adeline Sergeant
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Jack wanted to hang a meat bone in the cedar-tree.
Stories of Birds Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
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Iced drinks in deck-chairs under the cedar-tree were thoughtfully provided for, and thankfully accepted by, their guests: but they themselves took it in turns to trot backwards and forwards across the sun-baked lawn, bringing news from the north wall.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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